At 16.25 hours on 13 February 1941, U-103 (Schütze) damaged the Arthur F. Corwin (Master John Lawrence Gant), a straggler from convoy HX-106, with two torpedoes southeast of Iceland. The U-boat then left the burning tanker in a sinking condition.

At 19.50 hours the same day, U-96 came across the wreck of Arthur F. Corwin which was still afloat and sank her with two coups de grâce. The master, 44 crew members and one gunner were lost.